Metabolic Syndrome

Overview and management of cluster of cardiovascular risk factors.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MSt MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

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Clinical Guidelines

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity (includes metabolic syndrome)

Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines: Definition, Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes, Prediabetes and Metabolic Syndrome

EASL–EASD–EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome: A Joint Interim Statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity

Metabolic syndrome—a new world‐wide definition. A Consensus Statement from the International Diabetes Federation

2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

A Consensus Statement from the International Diabetes Federation: The IDF Consensus Worldwide Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome

American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Consensus Statement: Metabolic syndrome using National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criteria

ATP III Guidelines At-A-Glance Quick Desk Reference

Diagnosis and Management of the Metabolic Syndrome: An American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Scientific Statement

EASL–EASD–EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Metabolic Risk Guideline Resources | Endocrine Society

Metabolic syndrome--a new world-wide definition. A Consensus Statement from the International Diabetes Federation